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8 Caregiving Apps Every Busy Caregiver Should Know About
- Stacey White
- Aug 5
- 3 min read
If you have recently entered the role of a caregiver or play a significant role in a family members care, these apps may help you organize and keep track of daily tasks.
CaringBridge
CaringBridge is a free, 501(c)(3) nonprofit health platform that surrounds family caregivers with support while they care for a loved one on a health journey.
The organization offers tools to share and document a health journey, simplify care coordination, and connect caregivers with a supportive community.
Purpose: Share health updates and coordinate support
Features: Private health journal, planner for meals/visits, supportive messages from loved ones
Why it’s helpful: Keeps everyone informed without repeating updates multiple times
According to CaringBridge, CaringBridge users experience 3x greater feelings of connection to family and friends than the national average.*
Medisafe
Medisafe is the world's #1 medication reminder app. With close to 10 million users, Medisafe empowers their users to take control of their medications and dosing schedules. It also allows users to share their reminders with loved ones and send monthly progress reports.
Purpose: Medication management
Features: Pill reminders, drug interaction warnings, family alerts
Why it’s helpful: Prevents missed or incorrect does with easy-to-use scheduling
CareZone Medisafe
With free and paid versions, CareZone Medisafe is another version of a pill reminder and health information organization tool. You can create custom reminders, simple health cards, and create medicine refill reminders.
Purpose: Organize health info
Features: Store medical history, track vitals, set medication schedules, scan prescription label
Why it’s helpful: Acts as a virtual medical binder in your pocket
Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa can be used for multiple different reasons. Whether your a caregiver, friend/family member, volunteer, or new parent, Lotsa helps you organize and manage the care required for a loved one. By downloading Lotsa, you can have create an account which will have access to a manage a care calendar, well wishes board, upload announcements, and share within the photo gallery.
Purpose: Coordinate caregiving support
Features: Volunteer calendar, task management, community updates
Why it’s helpful: Lets family, friends, and community members pitch in to help
Symple
This app is a journal for your health and wellbeing. More than just a symptom journal, Symple makes it easy to track and study factors that influence how you feel.
Purpose: Symptom tracking
Features: Monitor pain, mood, mobility, export reports for doctors
Why it’s helpful: Helps keep track of daily symptoms in an organized and efficient fashion
TaskRabbit
TaskRabbit is home to hundreds of background checked taskers who are ready to be hired for whatever task you may need done. The taskers on the app can provide assistance with tasks like furniture assembly plumbing, heavy lifting, cleaning, and electrical services.
Purpose: Outsource errands and chores
Features: Hire local help for tasks like cleaning, shopping, moving
Why it’s helpful: Can give you a much needed break!
Ianacare
Ianacare hopes to encourage, empower, and equip family caregivers as they navigate care happening in the home. Ianacare also provides caregivers with the Caregiver Organizer, at no cost. This organizer helps caregivers track appointments and care shifts, helps coordinate with friends and professional care teams.
Purpose: Coordinate help, utilize employer benefits, discover local resources
Features: Access personalized recommendations from Caregiver Navigators
Why it’s helpful: Organizes and mobilizes caregiving support
We are always looking to share more resources and helpful technology for caregivers. If there is an app that you have had success with that is not listed here, leave a comment and we can add it!
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